” According to Harvard Business Review, as much as 80% of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions.”
Overview
Over the last few years, there’s been a surge in demand for top talent across organisations. The resulting impact of the pandemic and, consequently, the great resignation has ensured that many organisations are looking to bolster their workforce. As a result, organisations continue to spend time, money and other resources to attract people to meet their hiring needs.
Unfortunately, many organisations hire the wrong individuals and onboard those who don’t fit into their business contexts. Ultimately, this negatively impacts the organisation’s drive for success and other employees.
Your organisation’s success is built on your employees’ skills, knowledge, experience and behaviour. Talent assessment helps you assess candidates against the role and your organisational culture, providing an understanding of how they think, behave and predicting their performance.
Getting your talent assessment right ensures you can create actionable and objective insights that help you make informed decisions in your hiring process. As a result, you gain a tangible business impact in today’s turbulent economic landscape.
As a leader, how do your talent assessments work? How do you deploy assessment to uncover talents’ abilities and discover how they fit into your organisation’s culture? How critical are your assessments to your organisation’s performance and success?